Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312

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Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by). <div class="documentModified"> <span> Last modified </span> Sep 16, 2024 10:59 AM <span class="contentHistory" id="content-history"> — <a href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/45635759/@@historyview">History</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="RatingViewlet"> </div></div> <div id="parent-fieldname-description" class="documentDescription"> The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic kingdom, founded by Seleucus I Nicator, and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty from 312 to 63 BCE. At its height, it stretched from the Aegean Sea to northern India, but it steadily lost territory and prestige. The remnants of the kingdom were eventually incorporated into Roman territory as the province of Syria in 64 BCE. </div> <div id="viewlet-above-content-body"></div> <div id="content-core"> <div id="map-block"> <div id="map"></div> <div id="below-map"> <div id="accuracy-buffer-widget"> <input type="checkbox" id="accuracy-buffer" /> <label for="accuracy-buffer">Display location accuracy buffer(s)</label> </div> <div id="map-links"> <p>Show place in <a href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/45635759/kml">Google Earth</a>. </p> <p> <span>Show area in <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_34.9910720564_40.9757409939.html"> GeoNames</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=34.9910720564,40.9757409939"> Google Maps</a>, or <a href="http://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.9910720564&mlon=40.9757409939&zoom=12&layers=M"> OpenStreetMap</a>.</span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="canonicalUrlField" class="field"> <label>Canonical URI for this page:</label> <br /> <code id="canonical-url">https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/45635759</code> <button class="copy-button" data-clipboard-target="#canonical-url" title="copy to clipboard"><svg class="octicon octicon-clippy" viewbox="0 0 14 16" version="1.1" width="14" height="16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2 13h4v1H2v-1zm5-6H2v1h5V7zm2 3V8l-3 3 3 3v-2h5v-2H9zM4.5 9H2v1h2.5V9zM2 12h2.5v-1H2v1zm9 1h1v2c-.02.28-.11.52-.3.7-.19.18-.42.28-.7.3H1c-.55 0-1-.45-1-1V4c0-.55.45-1 1-1h3c0-1.11.89-2 2-2 1.11 0 2 .89 2 2h3c.55 0 1 .45 1 1v5h-1V6H1v9h10v-2zM2 5h8c0-.55-.45-1-1-1H8c-.55 0-1-.45-1-1s-.45-1-1-1-1 .45-1 1-.45 1-1 1H3c-.55 0-1 .45-1 1z"></path></svg></button> </div> <div> <div id="representativePointField" class="field"> <label>Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):</label><br /> <span id="representative-point">34.9910720564, 40.9757409939</span> <button class="copy-button" data-clipboard-target="#representative-point" title="copy to clipboard"><svg class="octicon octicon-clippy" viewbox="0 0 14 16" version="1.1" width="14" height="16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2 13h4v1H2v-1zm5-6H2v1h5V7zm2 3V8l-3 3 3 3v-2h5v-2H9zM4.5 9H2v1h2.5V9zM2 12h2.5v-1H2v1zm9 1h1v2c-.02.28-.11.52-.3.7-.19.18-.42.28-.7.3H1c-.55 0-1-.45-1-1V4c0-.55.45-1 1-1h3c0-1.11.89-2 2-2 1.11 0 2 .89 2 2h3c.55 0 1 .45 1 1v5h-1V6H1v9h10v-2zM2 5h8c0-.55-.45-1-1-1H8c-.55 0-1-.45-1-1s-.45-1-1-1-1 .45-1 1-.45 1-1 1H3c-.55 0-1 .45-1 1z"></path></svg></button> </div>  <div id="locationsField" class="field"> <label>Locations:</label> <ul class="placeChildren"><span class="emptyChildItem"><em>None</em></span></ul> </div>  <div id="namesField" class="field"> <label>Names:</label> <ul class="placeChildren"><li id="geographic" class="placeChildItem"> <label>Geographic Names:</label> <ul> <li id="name.2018-01-13.9102028458" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a class="state-published nameAttested" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/45635759/name.2018-01-13.9102028458"><span lang="en">Seleucid Empire</span></a> (English, modern) </li> </ul></li>  </ul> </div>  <div id="connectionsField" class="field"> <label>Seleucid Empire makes connections with:</label> <ul class="placeChildren"><li id="syria-roman-imperial-province" class="placeChildItem" title="Syria (Roman imperial province)"> <span class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/45635759/syria-roman-imperial-province" class = "connection-verb state-published">connection</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981550" class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Syria (Roman imperial province)">Syria (Roman imperial province)</a> (unspecified date range) </li></ul> </div>  </div> <div id="connectionsField-reverse" class="field"> <label>Seleucid Empire receives connections from:</label> <ul class="placeChildren"> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/677992" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia">Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/677992/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501325" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Abydos">Abydos</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501325/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/700525086" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Achaia">Achaia</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/700525086/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60403" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Achaia (settlement)">Achaia (settlement)</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60403/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550399" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Achaion Limen">Achaion Limen</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550399/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648548" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Adana/Antiochia ad Sarum">Adana/Antiochia ad Sarum</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648548/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961873" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv">Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961873/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648557" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Anemurium">Anemurium</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648557/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/170290381" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Antioch on the Ishtar Canal">Antioch on the Ishtar Canal</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/170290381/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874324" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Antiochia Arabis/Antoninopolis/Tella/Constantia/Maximianopolis">Antiochia Arabis/Antoninopolis/Tella/Constantia/Maximianopolis</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874324/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609307" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Antiochia/Col. Caesarea">Antiochia/Col. Caesarea</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609307/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658385" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Apamea">Apamea</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658385/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912806" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Apamea">Apamea</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912806/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <span title="Association between this connection and the place is less than certain.">Less than certain: </span> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/890473817" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Arkesikerta/Epiphaneia on the Tigris">Arkesikerta/Epiphaneia on the Tigris</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/890473817/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="45635759" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Babylon">Babylon</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951/45635759" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893964" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Borsippa/Burs">Borsippa/Burs</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893964/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876619" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Demetrias">Demetrias</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876619/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912841" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: E-kara/Icarus (island)">E-kara/Icarus (island)</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912841/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan">Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658457" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Edessa/Antiochia ad Callirhoem">Edessa/Antiochia ad Callirhoem</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658457/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia)">Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia)</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550535" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Erythrai">Erythrai</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550535/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658427" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Harran/Carrhae">Harran/Carrhae</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658427/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942276" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]">Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942276/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="45635759" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658483" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Hydatos Potamoi/Seleukeia Pieria">Hydatos Potamoi/Seleukeia Pieria</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658483/45635759" class = "connection-verb state-published">connection</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (unspecified date range) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912870" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Ja Nishin/Soloke?/Seleucia?/Surak?">Ja Nishin/Soloke?/Seleucia?/Surak?</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912870/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?">Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668290" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Laodicea">Laodicea</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668290/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599778" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys">Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599778/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <span title="Association between this connection and the place is less than certain.">Less than certain: </span> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/662184" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Marcoupolis Thera/Gausitha/Charax Sidou">Marcoupolis Thera/Gausitha/Charax Sidou</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/662184/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658538" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Mopsou(h)estia/Seleukeia pros to Pyramo">Mopsou(h)estia/Seleukeia pros to Pyramo</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658538/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Nicephorium/Callinicum/Leontopolis">Nicephorium/Callinicum/Leontopolis</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874623" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Nisibis/Antiochia">Nisibis/Antiochia</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874623/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550812" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Pergamum">Pergamum</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550812/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <span title="Association between this connection and the place is less than certain.">Less than certain: </span> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932478" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Qalat al-Bahrain">Qalat al-Bahrain</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932478/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray">Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="45635759" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894084" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Seleucia/Sliq Kharawta">Seleucia/Sliq Kharawta</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894084/45635759" class = "connection-verb state-published">connection</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (unspecified date range) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/549872870" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Seleukeia on the Erythraian Sea">Seleukeia on the Erythraian Sea</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/549872870/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/191883652" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Seleukeia on the Euphrates and the Royal Canal">Seleukeia on the Euphrates and the Royal Canal</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/191883652/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum">Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912986" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut">Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912986/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894178" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’">Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894178/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922627" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: [Bushahr]/Antiocheia in Persis">[Bushahr]/Antiocheia in Persis</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922627/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> <li id="seleucid-empire" class="placeChildItem" title="Seleucid Empire"> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942286" class = "connection-subject state-published" title = "subject of this connection: [Khuvar]/Choara/Apameia (Rhagiane)?">[Khuvar]/Choara/Apameia (Rhagiane)?</a> <a href = "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942286/seleucid-empire" class = "connection-verb state-published">part of (administrative)</a> <span class = "connection-predicate state-published" title = "predicate of this connection: Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</span> (330 BC - 30 BC) </li> </ul>  </div> <div class="field ArchetypesField-LinesField" id="archetypes-fieldname-placeType-52cc45f55004ead206cb16a18d95afd0"> <label class="formQuestion"><span>Place type</span>:</label> <br /> state (polity) </div> <div class="field ArchetypesField-ArrayField" id="archetypes-fieldname-referenceCitations-52cc45f55004ead206cb16a18d95afd0"> <label class="formQuestion"><span>References</span>:</label> <br /> <dl class="ReferenceList"> <dt>See Further:</dt> <dd> <ul> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/pleiades/items/GWZYTKYG" title=" Bar-Kochva, Bezalel. The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976. ">Bar-Kochva 1976 </a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/seleucid-empire" title=" Yar-Shater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica (Online). New York: Columbia University, 2010. http://www.iranicaonline.org/. ">EncIran (online) Seleucid Empire</a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/pleiades/items/6HUFKC52" title=" Grainger, John D. A Seleukid Prosopography and Gazetteer. Leiden: Brill, 1997. ">Grainger 1997 </a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1107280" title=" Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Manfred Landfester, Christine F. Salazar, and Francis G. Gentry, eds. Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Brill, 2015. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-s-new-pauly. ">New Pauly Seleucids (A. Mehl)</a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/pleiades/items/56JZR5WR" title=" Sherwin-White, Susan M, and Amélie Kuhrt. From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire. Berkeley u.a.: Univ. of California Press, 1993. ">Sherwin-White 1993 </a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Seleucid Empire.">Wikipedia (English) Seleucid Empire</a>  </li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Related:</dt> <dd> <ul> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005337" title=" Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® Online, n.d. https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/. ">TGN 6005337: Seleucid Kingdom (former nation/state/empire)</a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93180" title=" Wikidata: The Free Knowledge Base That Anyone Can Edit. Wikimedia Foundation, 2014. https://www.wikidata.org/. ">Wikidata Seleucid Empire (Q93180)</a>  </li> <li> <a class="ReferenceLink" href="https://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2379515" title=" IDAI.Gazetteer. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Accessed February 1, 2018. https://gazetteer.dainst.org/. 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